Cisco MDS Fabric switch selection

[miank]

Hi Fellows,

I have required Cisco MDS fabric switch for DC with below requirements... anyone can suggest better model including below features :-

support for enterprise class storage solutions e.g. EMC, HP, Hitachi etc.

4/8/16Gig fiber channel

64 x fiber channel ports

4 x copper channel ports

FC, FCIP, FCOE, iSCSI supported protocols

support for block, file/object based storage solution

software defined storage support for  Ceph, VMware Virtual Volumes

must be able to support integration with heterogeneous fabric switch environment & backup solutions i.e open source.

virtualization and cloud computing (VMware vRealize, OpenStack) support

different multi-pathing solution e.g. third party OR native OS based

[Walter Dey]

9300 doesn't support FCoE nor FCIP

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9396s-16g-multilayer-fabric-switch/datasheet-c78-734525.html

9700 doesn't support FCIP, but otherwise would fullfill all your requirements

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9700-series-multilayer-directors/models-comparison.html

The 9250i supports all your requirements

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9200-series-multiservice-switches/models-comparison.html

[Rick1776]

The 9205i only has the following ports...

20 x 2/4/8/16-Gbps FC 
8 x 10-Gbps FCoE 
2 x 10 GE

You need at least 64 Fibre Channel ports. 

Why FCIP are you trying to extended the SAN between Data Centers?